Photos Of The Day

Without A Paddle

Boys sit on a tree near their submerged houses in Ahmadabad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. An alert has been sounded in the low-lying areas of Gujarat following release of waters from three dams, and 25,000 people have been evacuated from Ahmadabad, according to news agency reports.

Credit: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Bad Spill

Filipinos walk along a shoreline covered with bunker oil from the sunken oil tanker the Solar 1 in Nueva Valencia town, Guimaras island, Central Philippines on Wednesday Aug. 16, 2006. The Philippines' worst oil spill is threatening to plunge one of the country's poorest provinces deeper into poverty, officials said as they tried to contain a leak from a sunken tanker.

Credit: AP Photo/Ariel Catubig

Inspecting The Damage

Lebanese Mohammed Ayyash walks past his damaged house, in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, which was hit during the monthlong Israeli offensive. Thousands of people returned to their shattered villages in Lebanon to find their homes either damaged or totally destroyed in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

Credit: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

Worried Wife

Anita McNaught holds a picture of her husband Olaf Wiig, 36, a Fox News cameraman from New Zealand who was kidnapped along with Fox reporter Steve Centanni, 60, a U.S. citizen in Gaza, during an interview in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. McNaught said she's been told by Palestinian officials her husband's captors acted on their own, without support from militant groups.

Credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Ribbon Of Awareness

About 100 students sit in the formation of the AIDS ribbon during an AIDS awareness program held in their school, Wednesday Aug. 16, 2006 in Singapore. Singapore's health ministry reported that the city-state recorded 255 cases of HIV infections in the year 2005, bringing the total number of cases to 2,641 since its first records in 1985.

Credit: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

Echoes Of 9/11

Rosemary Cain, mother of firefighter George Cain, listens to newly disclosed Sept. 11th tapes, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, in New York. The tapes represent 911 calls from people who were trapped in the World Trade Center towers and calls to and from emergency responders. The tapes were released to the families as a result of a lawsuit brought by the New York Times and families of Sept. 11 victims.

Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens

On-Time Departure?

A British Airways jet takes off over a row of houses near London's Heathrow airport, Wednesday Aug. 16, 2006, as air services nudged closer to normal, with British Airways saying it planned to operate 90 percent of scheduled services from Heathrow on Wednesday, and to resume a full schedule on Friday.

Credit: CBS

Kudos To Krishna

A Hindu devotee carries a child dressed as Lord Krishna at a procession during the birthday celebrations of Krishna in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006.